Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am · Sep 1995
ReviewPediatric trauma support program: supporting children and families in emotional crisis.
During a traumatic situation, families often are unable to gather the strength and resources they need to cope. Family roles change, and the ability of individuals to deal with daily problems often diminishes. By helping children feel comfortable with the concept of death, one can work toward a greater understanding of death throughout society. This article explores appropriate, family-oriented support to provide to those enduring trauma, and support for staff members who must deal repeatedly with these emotional experiences.
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Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am · Sep 1995
ReviewSupport of families who had a loved one suffer a sudden injury, illness, or death.
The sudden injury, illness, or death of a loved one leaves family members unprepared to deal with the stress of the situation. Hospital staff members should have the special knowledge and skills needed to support both the patient and his/her family. This article provides useful information for ensuring that the support process is healthy for all those involved.
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Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am · Sep 1995
ReviewOrgan and tissue donation: rights and responsibilities.
Critical care staff members have an obligation to facilitate the rights of individuals and their families regarding organ and tissue donation. These rights can be promoted through collaboration between a hospital and an organ procurement organization. Collaboration and education will help organ and tissue donation become part of institutional norms, and health care professionals will be able to provide the option of donation as part of the continuum of care.
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Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am · Sep 1995
ReviewClinical forensic nursing: a new perspective in the management of crime victims from trauma to trial.
Forensic nursing is one example of an innovative expansion of the role nurses will fill in the health care delivery system of the future. Because current policies of advocacy programs mandate the inclusion of criminal justice and health care providers, it is especially timely to propose that the forensic nursing specialist be placed in the trauma treatment environs to serve as a valuable link in interagency cooperation, ensuring that human needs and medicolegal interests are served. Because most emergency personnel and prehospital care providers ordinarily have only secondary interests in forensic matters, the motivated and skilled forensic nurse can serve as an invaluable resource for the criminal justice system, the hospital, and the patient.
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Trauma care became more specialized in the 1980s, and the "other side" of trauma became evident. The experiences of health care professionals revealed that patients were not the only victims of trauma. Patients' families and friends, caregivers, and the community also experienced the devastating psychosocial effects of trauma. This article describes the multidisciplinary team approach at Hartford Hospital, Connecticut, that was designed to address the needs of all trauma victims.